Talmid Tzachkan Musari [dialogue in Hebrew and Yiddish against gambling and card playing based upon Jewish sources.]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH-LEON DE).

printer

Daughter of Professor Grilo

Place

Frankfurt an der Oder

Publication

1795

Description

Hebrew and Yiddish.

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt an der Oder, 446; Yodea Sefer 1436; Mehlman 1403.

summary

A dialogue against gambling and card-playing in which one “Eldad” seeks to rehabilitate his friend “Meidad.” The author, a Venetian rabbi, was remarkably honest about his own addiction to gambling which unquestionably hampered his reputation as a rabbinic scholar. See I. Rivkind, Der Kampf Kegn Azartshpilen bei Yidden (1946).

ff. 36. Browned, light wear, last page with pencil marks. Later marbled boards. Sm. 8vo.

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